Poll of the Day > Canada's artificial trans fats ban comes into effect with a phase-out period.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/trans-fats-health-heart-disease-canada-1.4824852

Artificial trans fats are expected to be officially banned from Canada's food supply on Monday a move that comes almost 15 years after a majority of MPs voted in support of it.

The ban will see Health Canada add partially hydrogenated oils the main source of trans fats in foods to its "List of Contaminants and Other Adulterating Substances."

The oils are used in the production of pastries, other baked goods and some packaged goods in order to extend shelf life. But they also raise levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL), or "bad," cholesterol in the blood, while lowering levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL), or "good," cholesterol.

"This is a very important milestone in terms of nutrition policy in Canada," said Manuel Arango, the director of health policy and advocacy at the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

"What it means is that, moving forward, industry will not be able to manufacture or use partially hydrogenated oils that create artificial trans fats in the food supply. It will be completely prohibited in Canada."

One year ago, Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor told the food industry that a ban would be coming, giving it enough time to find suitable alternatives.

When the ban takes effect this week, it will be illegal for manufacturers to add artificial trans fats to their products. The ban will apply to all foods produced for sale in the country, including imported products and foods prepared and served in restaurants and food service establishments.

Artificial trans fat is made when hydrogen is added to a liquid vegetable oil, giving it a solid consistency. Trans fats are typically used in foods that can be hard to resist like pastries, french fries, doughnuts and popcorn.

But they can take a toll on the heart Arango describes artificial trans fats as "heart-clogging." And research has shown that a ban could prevent 12,000 heart attacks over a 20-year period in Canada.

Trans fats have been under fire for years.

In 2006, a government task force issued a report urging regulation of trans fats, noting that the average intake of Canadians should decrease by at least 55 per cent. A year later, in 2007, the food industry was given two years to voluntarily lower artificial trans fats levels in products or face government regulation, which didn't immediately come.

After the U.S. announced a ban on trans fats in 2015 something fully implemented earlier this year a newly elected Justin Trudeau asked his health minister to look into tougher regulations, ultimately leading to the impending ban.

Although levels have steadily gone down, there's still a lot of trans fat-loaded food out there.

And even after the ban is imposed, artificial trans fats won't be completely gone: they'll still be in already produced foods on store shelves across the country.

As Arango explained it, if food containing trans fats was manufactured before Monday, that food can stay on store shelves perhaps "for a couple of years" before being removed.

Retailers will be given a grace period of up to three years to clear the inventory already on store shelves.

"The consumers might still find some products on the shelves that will have trans fats that would have been produced before this [ban] came into place," a Health Canada official told CBC News. "Health Canada estimates that within three years, there will not be any kind of trans fat products on the shelves."

Retailers will be given a grace period of up to three years to clear the inventory already on store shelves.

"The consumers might still find some products on the shelves that will have trans fats that would have been produced before this [ban] came into place," a Health Canada official told CBC News. "Health Canada estimates that within three years, there will not be any kind of trans fat products on the shelves."

Good. Transfats are statistically deadlier than smoking (well, based on American consumption rates... Canadians eat less transfats but we smoke a hella lot more)
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Why do you never tl;dr?

They have to reach a word count, you don't.
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That's really cool news. I'm all for freedom of choice, but it's not like this infringes on anything serious when it comes to lifestyle choice in regards to quality of life. This will help out more than it will cause any sort of outcry. I wish there were more health regulations for widely consumed/used products.

We need to do the same thing in the US, the stuff is the biggest reason that fast food is so unhealthy
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Kyuubi4269 posted...

Why do you never tl;dr?

They have to reach a word count, you don't.

Uh, did you read the title?
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Will this make my dick bigger or no
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GanonsSpirit posted...

Kyuubi4269 posted...

Why do you never tl;dr?

They have to reach a word count, you don't.

Uh, did you read the title?

A tl;dr explains the content, the title is only enough bait to get you to want to find out the actual content.
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Kyuubi4269 posted...

GanonsSpirit posted...

Kyuubi4269 posted...

Why do you never tl;dr?

They have to reach a word count, you don't.

Uh, did you read the title?

A tl;dr explains the content, the title is only enough bait to get you to want to find out the actual content.

You know what also explains the content of the topic?

Reading the original post of the topic.

WastelandCowboy posted...

Kyuubi4269 posted...

GanonsSpirit posted...

Kyuubi4269 posted...

Why do you never tl;dr?

They have to reach a word count, you don't.

Uh, did you read the title?

A tl;dr explains the content, the title is only enough bait to get you to want to find out the actual content.

You know what also explains the content of the topic?

Reading the original post of the topic.

tl;dr
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Kyuubi4269 posted...

A tl;dr explains the content, the title is only enough bait to get you to want to find out the actual content.

The title is a tl;dr for this post. It succinctly sums up what the post is about. What other information could you want in a tl;dr?
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And here I thought Canada was progressive
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Good riddance.

Kyuubi4269 posted...

Why do you never tl;dr?

Because he's interested in conversation with people that are intelligent enough to pay attention for more than a single paragraph.

Kyuubi4269 posted...

GanonsSpirit posted...

Kyuubi4269 posted...

Why do you never tl;dr?

They have to reach a word count, you don't.

Uh, did you read the title?

A tl;dr explains the content, the title is only enough bait to get you to want to find out the actual content.

If you read the actual content instead of just whining about all the hard words, you'd know that this title also functions quite nicely as a summary of the content.
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GanglyKhan posted...

That's really cool news. I'm all for freedom of choice, but fuck freedom of choice.

Fixed that for you.
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adjl posted...

Because he's interested in conversation with people that are intelligent enough to pay attention for more than a single paragraph.

Oh yes, you have to be a genius to read though excessively verbose and very repetitive articles made to hit word counts. Only a genius can handle that level of dumbfuckery.

adjl posted...

If you read the actual content instead of just whining about all the hard words, you'd know that this title also functions quite nicely as a summary of the content.

If a 5000 character essay can be summed up in 13 words, it further reinforces my point.
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Kyuubi4269 posted...

it further reinforces my point.

What? That you're lazy and can't be bothered to read?

ninja_lootz posted...

GanglyKhan posted...

That's really cool news. I'm all for freedom of choice, but fuck freedom of choice.

Fixed that for you.

Lol no. We both have a list of contaminants. They just added something the US is lagging behind on.

Edit, apparently freedom central banned artificial trans fats back in June.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/06/18/artificial-trans-fats-widely-linked-to-heart-disease-are-officially-banned/

Thank god the government is here to make sure people are healthy.
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Smarkil posted...

Thank god the government is here to make sure people are healthy.

Please. If the government didn't regulate food we'd still have cocaine in Coke.

Yellow posted...

ninja_lootz posted...

I like this.

Lol no. We both have a list of contaminants. They just added something the US is lagging behind on.

Edit, apparently freedom central banned artificial trans fats back in June.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/06/18/artificial-trans-fats-widely-linked-to-heart-disease-are-officially-banned/

It's about damn time Canada caught up to the USA, smh.
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Lmfao does Kyuubi go out of his way to make himself look like a dumbass in every topic? Ive never seen this dude display an intelligent thought
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Kyuubi4269 posted...

Oh yes, you have to be a genius to read though excessively verbose and very repetitive articles made to hit word counts. Only a genius can handle that level of dumbf***ery.

You don't, but you do have to be reasonably intelligent to be able to skim them and understand the key points in a timely fashion. That article really isn't that long, nor is it overly repetitive, but it does include some background to contextualize the news, which can be filtered out if you know how to read efficiently.

Kyuubi4269 posted...

If a 5000 character essay can be summed up in 13 words, it further reinforces my point.

That doesn't really reinforce any point you're trying to make. Almost anything can be paraphrased to that degree if you take out all of the supporting details. Full articles exist to provide a complete story; it's almost always true (with decent writing) that you can understand the main points just from reading the headline and the first paragraph or two, and this is no exception.
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